SunlitComet
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got the same radiator but delphi unit. i put the flexalite 280 on mine tho. more open space.
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Do you have a photo of the top radiator mounting brackets? I'd like to see how Chevy set them up with the rubber insulators.
When you say more space, what are you referring to? Are you running a shroud on your setup?
SunlitComet
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Thanks for the pictures, but it looks like you have the smaller radiator.
The version for the 7.4L is taller and thicker..I don't like how my rubber insulators are sitting, so I'm hoping to find a OEM set.
The flexalite 280's are nice, but I had no idea they cost so much $$$. I love their promotional BS about the mod adding 17hp and saving 3mpg. You and I know the real benefits, but companies should be ban from claiming those figures (just like the CAI companies do) b/c they trick guys just getting started in the hobby.
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SunlitComet
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34x19x2+ inch double-core rad. perhaps your lower mounts are to high.
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and they really do have benefits the get you some lost power back and gain some mileage.
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and they really do have benefits the get you some lost power back and gain some mileage.
Hmmm, to fit a 19" tall and 2"+ deep rad, you would have to raise and lengthen your tops mounts and in the picture they are the stock versions for the 5.7/6.5 motors. I guess I'm not exactly sure what you have then...
OEM Stats:
- 5.7L & 6.5L Rads: 34IN X 17 1/4IN X 1 5/16
- 7.4L Rad 34IN X 20 5/8IN X 2 3/16IN
I agree you will pick up some lost power, but it's minimal. To claim a 1mpg increase in mileage is to say we've increased the efficiency of the engine by 5%+...if we achieved a 3mpg over factory, we've done some pretty amazing workl!! That's my big problem with marketing, they just make those figures up...and don't even get me started on their horsepower claims!!
With your expertise in data, engineering and everything electronic, we should start a company that does one thing, audit marketing claims within the auto world!
SunlitComet
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when they made those claims remember they are saying that for any 92-2000 ob body with a 5.0 to 7.4l engine as long as it was a 34" core. when i can i will try to pull off some more numbers of the rad parts as i work on it to see if i cant solve this mystery.
we could start it but i would like it to be nearby or home run. I am beginning to like it here at the house and would like to re-landscape and make the backyard edible.
I'd like to think I have and still do some pretty amazing work. after doing my rockers and pcm lately and tri-y headers next month i so need to get my little monster on a dyno.
we could start it but i would like it to be nearby or home run. I am beginning to like it here at the house and would like to re-landscape and make the backyard edible.
I'd like to think I have and still do some pretty amazing work. after doing my rockers and pcm lately and tri-y headers next month i so need to get my little monster on a dyno.
Over the last two weeks I installed a reman AC Delco steering pump and a new Moog pitman arm...for some reason the Moog pitman arm I had on there was shot in about 20k miles; idler was ok.
Also, the big improvement was....
Installed a set of Realift Torsion Bar Relocators - very cool product!!
Here's an initial product review and I put together a How-To video that I'll post up next week when I finish editing it:
http://www.gmc4x4.com/topic/1222-realift-torsion-bar-relocators-review/#entry17378
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Installed:
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Also, the big improvement was....
Installed a set of Realift Torsion Bar Relocators - very cool product!!
Here's an initial product review and I put together a How-To video that I'll post up next week when I finish editing it:
http://www.gmc4x4.com/topic/1222-realift-torsion-bar-relocators-review/#entry17378
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Installed:
After:
SunlitComet
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how was the pitman broken?
The joint that's on the side of the center link had a lot of play in it.
SunlitComet
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did the pin of it that enters center link wobble in the link too?
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Love it. When you going wheeling again? As for the rockers, just keep reapraying them with the rattlecan, nothing else is gonna hold up anyways, so.
Matt - next few trips are this summer to local spots in NJ/MA/NH/VT
Are you in the northeast??
xanatost
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Dam now I got to get my lift now! One of the main reasons why I havent been in to big a rush to get one is becuse I didnt like how everything was below the fram. Being an rock crawler for 10 years now one thing I learned is if its below the fram its going to brake!! placing order on monday 
Dam now I got to get my lift now! One of the main reasons why I havent been in to big a rush to get one is becuse I didnt like how everything was below the fram. Being an rock crawler for 10 years now one thing I learned is if its below the fram its going to brake!! placing order on monday
That is very true.
My tbar cross member was absolutely destroyed. It took me hours to safely unload the bars originally b/c the cross member was so smashed in.
xanatost
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Oh excellent build too btw. When I get done with mine Maybe we can get together for a expedition run over in Arizona they got the Mojave Road over there that I been dieing to run for the last 4 years. Its nothing to hard but from all the books and maps I got it would be a killer ride
they got the Mojave Road over there that I been dieing to run for the last 4 years. Its nothing to hard but from all the books and maps I got it would be a killer ride Oh excellent build too btw. When I get done with mine Maybe we can get together for a expedition run over in Arizona
Sounds good to me, i'm hoping to go in another year or two.
xanatost
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Im looking for eather October or spring of 2014 Will give ya a heads up 
When my build thread starts thats when the count down will begin
When my build thread starts thats when the count down will begin
SunlitComet
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you can still do some perfectly good trails that allow you to have fun and enjoyment too.
